Tag: jennifer mulson
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Pikes Pick: Royal Gorge Bridge & Park offers trick-or-treating event
Nothing pairs better than buckets of candy and the world’s highest suspension bridge. Boo at the Bridge will offer trick-or-treaters and their families 45 booths plush with sugary goodies, a meet and greet with animals, including snakes and rabbits, music, dance and gondola rides. It’s 4-7:30 p.m. Saturday at Royal Gorge Bridge & Park in…
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Pikes Pick: Westcliffe theater to offer comedic fall-themed play
Westcliffe Center for the Performing Arts will offer one last well-themed show this season — the comedy “Bell, Book and Candle.” The 1950 play, which became two movies, is the tale of a centuries-old witch disguised as a modern Manhattan girl who casts a love spell on her neighbor. It opens Oct. 21 and runs through…
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Pikes Pick: Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District to hold Big Book Sale
Can you ever have enough books? Nay, you cannot. Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District will hold its 50th annual Big Book Sale at East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd., from 4-7 p.m. Friday for Friends members and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday for the public. Books, DVDs and CDs…
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Pikes Pick: Sing-along to Taylor Swift’s ‘Red’ album
I’ve become a tiny morsel of a Swiftie. Full-on lovers of mega pop chanteuse Taylor Swift probably already know about the “The Taylor Party: Taylor Swift Night” at The Black Sheep on Saturday. It’s the 10th anniversary of her fourth studio album, “Red,” and fans are getting together to belt out her scorching lyrics together.…
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Pikes Pick: Display your art through Pikes Peak Library District
Your art deserves wall space and the gaze of hungry art lovers. Apply to feature your works in one or all of the Pikes Peak Library District’s dozen exhibit locations. Works can include photos, sculpture and other 2D and 3D material, and might be displayed in physical spaces or in a virtual environment. Go online…
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Pikes Pick: ‘Golden Girls’-inspired comedy night
Celebrate the 37th anniversary of the first airing of “The Golden Girls” at Loonees Comedy Corner with “Thank You For Being a Fiend: The Roast of ‘The Golden Girls’!” The evening features eight comics roasting the characters, trivia and costume contests and a “Golden Girl”-inspired menu. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. Thursday show are $11.50.…
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Pikes Pick: Mabon music festival to feature big names in bluegrass
Mabon, a pagan holiday celebrating the fall equinox, is almost upon us. Planet Bluegrass presents Mabon, a three-day festival to mark the annual passage, with musicians including Watchhouse, Emmylou Harris, Waxahatchee, The Lil Smokies and others. It’s Sept. 16-18 at Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons. Tickets are $75 to $200; bluegrass.com. — Jennifer Mulson, The Gazette
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Pikes Pick: Pueblo arts center to stage Tony Award-winning ‘Putnam County Spelling Bee’
I’m a Broadway musical gal who’s never seen the Tony Award-winning “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” about six colorful adolescents who compete in a spelling bee moderated by three equally quirky judges. That’s all about to change. WYNOT Productions will mount the production Sept. 16-24 at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo.…
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Pikes Pick: ‘Bewildered’ podcast co-hosted by best-selling author Martha Beck, wife Rowan Mangan
I’m a longtime fan of anything bestselling author and speaker Martha Beck puts into the world, including her books “The Way of Integrity,” “The Joy Diet” and “Expecting Adam.” So I’m pleased to learn she has a new podcast, “Bewildered,” with her wife, Rowan Mangan, which they say is for “people who are trying to…
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Pikes Pick: Best-selling author explores longing, bittersweetness in new book
Susan Cain is a woman after my own heart. The best-selling author of “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” released her latest book, “Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole,” in April. It’s an ode to the softer, sadder emotions, such as melancholy, longing and sorrow. While society…